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- Tougher standards on power plant emissions in Maryland and eight other states demonstrate that carbon cap-and-trade can work
- Senate work group shows bipartisan compromise on immigration is possible
- Doyle McManus says some think the party should change course, while others want to double down
- It's hard to tell who's happier to see Jim DeMint leave the Senate, Democrats or Republicans.
- Despite calls for moderation, right-wing GOP senators revert to tea party form and shoot down a disability rights treaty
- Leonard Pitts says the odds are against the party of angry, white men being able to change
- Hoping to build on their success in Maryland, about 200 immigration advocates rallied in front of the White House on Thursday in support of a comprehensive overhaul of U.S. immigration policy.
- Jules Witcover says demographic trends are leaving the Republican Party behind
- Obama's re-election reveals the GOP's biggest dilemma — a failure to expand its base beyond older white, male voters
- After months of being bombarded by slick advertising, celebrity endorsements and candidate pleas, it is Maryland voters who will turn out to the polls today — in large numbers, according to one estimate — to have the final word.
- CHARLOTTE — Jennifer Hosey was 7 years old the first time she volunteered for a presidential campaign — stuffing and stamping envelopes for Bill Clinton's first run in 1992. This year, the 27-year-old Potomac resident is attending her first Democratic National Convention.
- The vice president must have the qualifications to take over on Day One
- Opinions distort what's at stake in the debate over immigration
- Mitt Romney has a tough task to cut into Obama's lead with Latino voters, but it could be key to the November election.
- Obama's deportation policy puts Romney between a rock and a hard place.
- Children of illegal immigrants are a U.S. resource, a reality President Obama's deportation policy and the Maryland Dream Act recognize
- Obama's new federal policy protecting many young immigrants from deportation is expected to impact many lives in Maryland.
- Mitt Romney should select a running mate with one thought in mind — can he or she be trusted with the top job?
- If Mitt Romney is interested in shoring up his weaknesses as a general election candidate, he needs to pick someone like Sen. Rob Portman, not Sen. Marco Rubio or Rep. Paul Ryan.
- Robert Reich says Hillary Clinton will take Joe Biden's spot on the 2012 ticket, Mitt Romney will win the GOP nomination, and he'll pick Marco Rubio as his running mate. The upshot: Obama/Clinton in a walk.